Accidents Quote by Alexander Hamilton

It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to…

— Alexander Hamilton

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

— Henry Ward Beecher

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which…

— Henry David Thoreau

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than…

— Algernon Sidney

“It is, indeed, difficult to conceive how men who have entirely given up the habit of self-government should succeed in making a proper choice…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to whoever arranges…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.

— Aristotle

“Who doubts that there may be great goodness, and great happiness, and great affection under the absolute government of a good man? Meanwhile, laws…

— John Stuart Mill

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

— Benjamin Whichcote

All men are capable of reason. That is the fundamental principle of democracy Because everybody's mind is capable of true knowledge, you don't have…

— Joseph Campbell

The form of government which you admire, when its principles are pure is admirable indeed. It is productive of every Thing which is great…

— John Adams